I thought that ending of a movie was very much to the liking of cheke64. The Rox were merely on the wrong ending of it but at least Amen got Herro on that one.
Btw Sengun is 6th among players who played at least 20 games and 28 min a game with 45 front court touches per game. He isn’t a guard so naturally he doesn’t get as many back court touches. But front court is where the offense is initiated and ran. He gets more touches than Bron, Wemby, Giannis to put things in perspective. When you come at me you need to be prepared and do your homework.
Watch this get blamed on the referees and not our pathetic, horrible excuse of an offense AGAIN. Glad we lost, until we learn, let the opponent school us. On the second night of a back-to-back no less. There was no urgency from the get go, throwing up wild shots, no movement, passing again sloppy. Brooks was getting hot, then gets ignored. We need a PG and Amen needs to start sooner than later. I don’t care for who. Move Brooks to the PF position even to give it a try. Something has to change and since Ime is not the most self-aware guy plus too proud to change his philosophy, that’s the only thing to do. Oh and we have too many mistakes on defense as well, it’s not just offense. 3 guys flying at 1 guy, not hustling after getting out of position, not aware of the shot clock nor the switches. Our youth and inexperience is showing too.
These last 2 games made me realize we need Fox. We need that guy we can throw the ball to and have him score reliably, not brick up a 3 and hope Sengun or Amen get the reb. Honestly I'm so tired of seeing our 4th quarter always be a FVV or JG hand off and bricked 3. Fox won the clutch award and is extremely efficient scorer, he knows how to close out games. He also averages 9 ast, he is a much better playmaker and distributor than FVV and JG. We need to admit that Ime and his staff are offensive dunces, we wont have good plays or really any plan for our offense. Just get Fox and have him handle the offense the way FVV does now but better.
Blah blah blah, the Rockets don't have a closer, and anybody being objective can see this obvious fact. There's no ref issue, or coaching issue, or effort issue. The Rockets simply don't have that dude to give the ball to in a tough stretch. Until we do there's gonna be a hard glass ceiling on any success we have.
Why wasn't Jovic and Adebayo at least given techs? Jovic was taunting and Adebayo had to be held back. I don't understand ejecting Sullivan and Udoka for "unsportsmanlike" comments. Why not just give them techs? It is very rare to comments to lead to an ejections unless the coach is constantly going after the refs despite being held back.
Miami won this game because they have more experience, skill, and teamwork. This is not a loss because of officiating. Other teams are dictating play despite all our best/worst efforts to be physical. We are 6-25 from the field in the 4th quarter (4-15 from 3). You read that right: the team with poor perimeter shooters took fifteen 3s in the 4th. Standing around when you are a terrible shooting team is a recipe for disaster. Here's an idea: coaches, change it up. Alpi, FVV, and Brooks all played more than 11 minutes in the 4th quarter. Jalen played the entire 3rd quarter. Dillon and Jabari played 10+ minutes in the third quarter. How can this be a good plan? Player tracking says Whitmore gets thirteen touches in his 12 total minutes. Jabari had 26 touches in his 24 minutes (1-5 on shots in the first quarter). Amen, who seems like he's everywhere, has 34 touches in 32 minutes. FVV has 83. This represents a broken offensive scheme when a 38% shooter has the ball that often. The Rockets have a 10-point lead and are supposed to be a solid defensive team. Run a less predictable offense with some hustle and movement, with people cutting to the basket to take advantage of your athleticism and quickness. Is it too hard to add a wrinkle or two? College teams can master it; they have players about the same age as most of ours.
In terms of having someone be a closer on this team….Van Vleet has tried but he is too inconsistent and really undersized. Sengun is still developing his game and gets bothered by physicality. Jalen really should be that guy due to his potential and ability but I don’t know if he will ever figure it out (he will probably figure it out after he gets traded from the Rockets). Amen *could* be that guy but he will have to make a massive improvement in his shooting. So until Jalen figures it out and Amen’s shot goes up dramatically, we are who we are: a bunch of dogs that scrap and will be in every game but unable to land the knockout punch.
That won’t work. Why are some people expecting Fox to be some miracle worker? He would run into the similar issues as FVV. Sure he might have some more success on the dribble drive or find different players in the half court set but this would be marginal and not the answer to our issues if we still play the same sets in a Sengun centric offense with compressed spacing and no movement.
If it matters to anyone, I took house of highlights video and paused each second. At .14 Marc Davis is holding the ball with 2 hands. At .15 the ball is mid air being flipped to FVV. As .19 turns to .20 FVV signals timeout. I have no idea how it's a 5 second violation. It's the closest ever called in nba history if so. None of this 5.7 seconds the Warriors get...
Lots of bad things all game that added up. Bad shots hoisted from everyone. Missed assignments in the half court. Bad transition D. No movement. Just awful
